Congress 108 - HR 1382 - EMTALA Regulatory Improvement Act of 2003

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Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Congress Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medicine Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Governmental investigations Health Hospital care Hospitals Law Legislation Medical tests Medicare Peer review organizations (Medicine) Physical examinations Physicians Social Welfare

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EMTALA Regulatory Improvement Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a procedure to notify hospitals and physicians when an investigation under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) is closed.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Technical Advisory Group to review issues related to EMTALA and its implementation.

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Apr 10, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 3, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 20, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 20, 2003

Introduced in House

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